The Political Climate: an ongoing commentary on the NH Primary and Climate Change

Concerned citizens showed up at the State House last night to share their energy priorities and ideas with the Governor’s Climate Change Task Force.  After listening to two brief presentations from DES about NH specific climate change indicators, projected impacts and task force goals, NH citizens talked back and gave the task force an earful, including:

- Transition to renewable energy
- More public transportation
- More park and rides
- More walk-able communities
- Incentives for solar panels, wind turbines, hybrid cars etc.
- Increased access to alternative fuels
- Education via schooling and public campaigns
- Increased “green jobs”
- Better access to recycling programs
- Citizen involvement!

How the task force organizes all these suggestions is a mystery to me.  Read the article in today’s Concord Monitor for more details on the hearing or check out the Task Force homepage for more information.

I ran into a new employee for the Coal Industry last night.   For nine day’s worth of work, this individual is going to be paid $3,000 to try and convince Ohio citizens that coal is “clean” and a good choice for our energy future.  Even though the shyster-in-training seemed to be aware that the campaign is misleading American voters, he couldn’t refuse the hefty paycheck.  (Maybe his employers know the job is heavy lifting … even in Ohio.)

Check out this blog or this Washington Post article for more information about the Coal Industry’s astroturf campaign.